SST legal

sst7250 · 04-01-2011, 09:42 PM

As previosuly stated it aint about the MPH it is being able to hit the tree and run the number. I think some folks get WAY hung up on the MPH thing personally....

Ron Gusack · 04-06-2011, 07:25 PM

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

jmcarter · 04-06-2011, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Gusack

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

In the last 20 years??? Doubt it. "Back in the day" when you could win by adjusting your linkage "stop" ( a bolt) it was possible. I won a divisional once that way but the car was so dialed in it made my job easy.

danny waters sr · 04-07-2011, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jmcarter

In the last 20 years??? Doubt it. "Back in the day" when you could win by adjusting your linkage "stop" ( a bolt) it was possible. I won a divisional once that way but the car was so dialed in it made my job easy.

I won two IHRA National events in H/R in 91 foot braking , no electric shift and threaded linkage rod on 4 tenths tree. Back when they was real iron men,...
Sure miss them days......

Michael Beard · 04-07-2011, 11:33 AM

I ran a couple of PTRA 7.0 class (.400 Pro Tree, deep staging ok) a couple years ago, and won the 2nd race out, footbraking my Stocker. Ok, so it was only a 2 round race, but I won!

(Then they put the classes together in a handicapped Pro Tree bracket style deal, and made it to the semis with a broken rear!)

Bottom line, like others said, doesn't matter *how* you do it (R/T or ET), as long as you *can* do it.

HR9121 · 04-07-2011, 02:14 PM

Ron I would say looking at qualifying sheets that the average 10.90 car is around 130 to 135. Just what I have noticed over the last few years but can the guy running 150 judge me running 125 any better than I can judge him? I doubt it, he just gets to look out the front window.

Bob Verwold · 04-07-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by HR9121

Ron I would say looking at qualifying sheets that the average 10.90 car is around 130 to 135. Just what I have noticed over the last few years but can the guy running 150 judge me running 125 any better than I can judge him? I doubt it, he just gets to look out the front window.

And hang about a 1/4 of a fender on ya when he catches us......................

Keith 944 · 04-06-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Gusack

Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

a guy from Pittsburgh raceway park drove his grandma's mustang to the track, foot braked it, flat out, put a .003 package on me, then drove out to McDonald's with his Friends to celebrate! at least thats the story i got.

THE LEGEND · 04-07-2011, 12:54 AM

Keith,
I think it was his mom's car. He was Footbraking with no stop. I think he SF day 1 and went 3 or 4 rds in the TOC race.
Chip

Michael Pliska · 04-17-2011, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sst7250

As previosuly stated it aint about the MPH it is being able to hit the tree and run the number. I think some folks get WAY hung up on the MPH thing personally....

So says the guy running a 7 second car in SST

As far as footbraking, I have won a West Coast Super Gas Association event (which in those days was a 7 or 8 round event) footbraking, and many rounds in divisional racing as well. I also won a bunch of races in an 11.90 index car with .400 tree and no deep staging (I could redlight with either good air or a tiny bump in). All of this was before the LEDs and .370 tree though, and I don't seem to react as quickly to the LEDs as the 0.030 tree difference assumes I will.

04-01-2011, 09:42 PM	#1
sst7250 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 184 Likes: 9 Liked 45 Times in 32 Posts	Re: SST legal As previosuly stated it aint about the MPH it is being able to hit the tree and run the number. I think some folks get WAY hung up on the MPH thing personally....

04-06-2011, 07:25 PM	#2
Ron Gusack Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 244 Likes: 1 Liked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Re: SST legal Does anybody ever try to run s/st foot braking?

04-07-2011, 11:33 AM	#5
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: SST legal I ran a couple of PTRA 7.0 class (.400 Pro Tree, deep staging ok) a couple years ago, and won the 2nd race out, footbraking my Stocker. Ok, so it was only a 2 round race, but I won! (Then they put the classes together in a handicapped Pro Tree bracket style deal, and made it to the semis with a broken rear!) Bottom line, like others said, doesn't matter how you do it (R/T or ET), as long as you can do it. __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

04-07-2011, 02:14 PM	#6
HR9121 Live Reporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 3,467 Likes: 146 Liked 3,363 Times in 731 Posts	Re: SST legal Ron I would say looking at qualifying sheets that the average 10.90 car is around 130 to 135. Just what I have noticed over the last few years but can the guy running 150 judge me running 125 any better than I can judge him? I doubt it, he just gets to look out the front window.

04-07-2011, 12:54 AM	#9
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: SST legal Keith, I think it was his mom's car. He was Footbraking with no stop. I think he SF day 1 and went 3 or 4 rds in the TOC race. Chip